Tim Sielbeck

Saw this on a video today and couldn't help but notice how clean the interior of this Thai M60A3 looks.

Yes, used those to great effect at Ft. Stewart. They were great in the winter, too, for providing some warmth when the heater was not functioning. Down side is that many TCs didn’t want it turned on because of the degradation of the filter caused by using it that way.

Some versions of the M1 already have AC units (much to my dino-tanker surprise). I believe that the M1 based TTB from the '80s had "'remote' operation from inside using sensor suites/cameras."

Probably easier than F1 drivers on roads and tracks. Pretty sure that's a steering wheel with a lot of buttons on it rather than a game console styled controller that is held up by the "driver."

No, each tank didn't have one, maybe one per platoon or maybe in the company level maintenance section. It's been over 40 years since I had to do any of that.

Yes. Track jacks: Used to bring the pins of track blocks together so that end connectors and center guides can be removed/replaced. There was an item we referred to as the "dog bone," used to lift road wheels so that they can be easily removed. And a floor jack to lift the driver's escape hatch back into place. Everything else, engine decks and the like, used a crane.

https://www.azfamily.com/2026/01/08/arizona-sushi-chain-operators-indicted-illegal-worker-stash-house-operation/#:~:text=The restaurants involved were Sakura,police as early as 2023. PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The owner and two operators of a Phoenix-area sushi chain have been indicted after investigators said they were harboring illegal workers and keeping them in stash houses. Qin Liu, Zhen Liu, and Yung Lau, who ran four sushi restaurants, were arrested in December. A federal grand jury indicted the three on Wednesday for harboring illegal aliens. Zhen Liu and Yung Lau were indicted on an additional charge of knowingly employing unauthorized aliens. Arizona’s Family Investigates first reported in December how the group is accused of keeping dozens of undocumented immigrants in four “stash houses” and forcing them to work at restaurants seven days a week with no days off. The restaurants involved were Sakura Sushi in Gilbert, Mesa, and Phoenix, and Akita Sushi in Scottsdale. The raids in December ended an operation that neighbors had reported to police as early as 2023. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement began investigating in March 2025, according to court documents. Agents said they were able to discover how the illegal workers were moved from the homes to work in the restaurants. Undercover agents at the Phoenix restaurant noticed “Chinese employees directed tasks and work of the employees of Hispanic ethnicity,” and the Hispanic employees had “limited interactions” with customers. Court documents revealed that ten illegal immigrants stayed at the Tempe house, while others were housed at locations that helped run restaurants in Mesa. Workers were driven between the houses and restaurants daily in white vans. Lau and Qin Liu, who are brothers, were ordered not to contact any witnesses or former employees of the sushi restaurants. They are allowed to contact one another and current employees of the sushi restaurants, but they are not allowed to discuss the case. Arizona’s Family Investigates reached out to attorneys for Qin Liu and Zhen Liu for comment. Lau’s attorney declined to comment on the charges.

A couple of them are shutting their facilities down and leaving already.